William F. Deak, Cross-Appellants v. Masters, Mates and Pilots Pension Plan, Cross

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• holding that trustees violated their fiduciary duty of loyalty to plan beneficiaries under ERISA by amending plan to strengthen union
• “[T]he statutorily imposed fiduciary duty to act solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries under ERISA requires trustees who are also officers or agents of a corporation or a union to act with caution in areas of potential conflicts of interest.”

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